history unit 2

Question 0

Unusual religious beliefs

Answer 0

1. Priests thought they could find out what the gods wanted by sacrificing an animal and examining the dead remains, including the liver and intestines; they also discovered the wishes of the gods in the stars and in dreams.
2. People believed storms, foods, sickness, and bad dreams were the works of evil demons.
3. The people of Mesopotamia were afraid of their gods, and blamed them for the miserable lives they led.

Question 1

Troubles in Mesopotamia

Answer 1

1. The destruction of villages add cropland by floodwaters of the tigris and euphrates rivers.
2. Droughts and Sandstorms.
3. Attacks by invading armies.

Question 2

Unusual ways of treating sick people

Answer 2

1. words of magic were over the sick person
2. A superstition held that a man would get well if a snake was placed on his head
3. If a person being operated on died, the doctor could have his hands cut off.

Question 3

Depressing views of Mesopotamians

Answer 3

1. They felt man was worthless and unimportant
2. They thought they were slaves of the gods, and that life on earth was filled with fear and suffering.
3. After death, the mesopotamians believed they would go to the netherworld where they would sit quietly in a dark cave filled with dust and clay

Question 4

Sumerians’ notable acccomplishments

Answer 4

1. The Sumerians learned to use gold, silver, and bronze to make tools and weapons; pottery was shaped on a potter’s wheel and baked in ovens.
2. The Sumerians built man’s first cities; houses, temples, and palaces were made of brick
3. They invented a system of writing called cuneiform in which symbols were drawn in wet clay wit a pointed stick.

Question 5

Unusual laws from the code of hammurabi

Answer 5

1. A so who strikes his father shall have his hand cut off.
2. Someone who destroys the eye of another person shall have their own eye destroyed.
3. Whoever knocks out the tooth of someone else shall have their own tooth knocked out.

Question 6

Death penalty in Babylon

Answer 6

1. A person who accused someone of murder, but could not prove it, was himself put to death.
2. Any one hiding an escaped slave was put to death.
3. A robber caught stealing an ox, sheep, a pig, boat, or similar property had to repay the victim with ten to thirty times the amount stolen; if the thief could not make repayment, he lost his life